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George Russell's admission after qualifying that he has been struggling to maximise the Mercedes car all season felt like a seminal moment in the championship fight.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
She recalled first meeting the artist in her Koreatown apartment in the early 1990s when she saw portraits that were featured in Opie’s seminal series “Being and Having.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
March marked the 250th anniversary of Smith’s seminal text, “The Wealth of Nations,” published the same year as the Declaration of Independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
That’s the implication of a seminal study, entitled “Bubbles for Fama,” which challenges University of Chicago professor Eugene Fama’s famous claim that bubbles cannot be identified in advance.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Alexis de Tocqueville is famous for his seminal book Democracy in America, but what is less well known is his original purpose in coming to the United States.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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